verb (used with object),do·mes·ti·cat·ed,do·mes·ti·cat·ing.
to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
to tame (an animal), especially by generations of breeding, to live in close association with human beings as a pet or work animal and usually creating a dependency so that the animal loses its ability to live in the wild.
to adapt (a plant) so as to be cultivated by and beneficial to human beings.
to accustom to household life or affairs.
to take (something foreign, unfamiliar, etc.) for one's own use or purposes; adopt.
to make more ordinary, familiar, acceptable, or the like: to domesticate radical ideas.
verb (used without object),do·mes·ti·cat·ed,do·mes·ti·cat·ing.
to be domestic.
Origin of domesticate
1635–45; <Medieval Latin domesticātus (past participle of domesticāre), equivalent to domestic-domestic + -ātus-ate1
non·do·mes·ti·cat·ed,adjectivenon·do·mes·ti·cat·ing,adjectiveo·ver·do·mes·ti·cate,verb (used with object),o·ver·do·mes·ti·cat·ed,o·ver·do·mes·ti·cat·ing.un·do·mes·ti·ca·ble,adjectiveun·do·mes·ti·cat·ed,adjectivewell-do·mes·ti·cat·ed,adjective
Words nearby domesticate
Dome of the Rock, domesday, Domesday Book, domestic, domestic animal, domesticate, domestic court, domestic fowl, domesticity, domestic partner, domestic prelate